Through the first two weeks, Creative Writing Club members worked on forms of poetry: acrostic and hay(na)ku. This week, club members had to write about an idea or a theme. We brainstormed a few ideas and finally settled on a theme of 'climbing' or 'rising.' Isn't that what we are doing here in the ABP? Trying to raise ourselves up as we climb this education ladder?
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Rising Above the Challenge
by Khalid Omar
1
One would think climbing is
easy, one would be wrong.
One would think trying is
hard, one would need guiding.
One would think One's ego is
growing, one would need confidence.
One finally thinks
climbing is dangerous, One would
seldomly need an ambulance.
One just thought being careful is good!
Two had known the benefit of carelessness.
2
One always respected two.
Two had much more experience.
Two thought he didn't know what he was equal.
He thought mistakes leave scarring impressions.
Two thinks he is right, but he
needs much more guidance.
They realized later that equality in this
world doesn't give anyone justice.
It only provides more challenges.
1
One would think climbing is
easy, one would be wrong.
One would think trying is
hard, one would need guiding.
One would think One's ego is
growing, one would need confidence.
One finally thinks
climbing is dangerous, One would
seldomly need an ambulance.
One just thought being careful is good!
Two had known the benefit of carelessness.
2
One always respected two.
Two had much more experience.
Two thought he didn't know what he was equal.
He thought mistakes leave scarring impressions.
Two thinks he is right, but he
needs much more guidance.
They realized later that equality in this
world doesn't give anyone justice.
It only provides more challenges.
Climbing the Mountain
by Aisha Qassim Merekhan
Climbing the mountain isn't harder than being a student who wants to achieve something. Both situations need effort, especially being a student who desires success! Because I won't climb a mountain.
Climbing the mountain isn't harder than being a student who wants to achieve something. Both situations need effort, especially being a student who desires success! Because I won't climb a mountain.
Reaching the Top
by Maytha Al-Malki
What is the top? What makes the top the top? Each person has their own definition of interpretation of their final destination. The places one day they'll end up in. A different place to where they are now, or maybe similar with a few things taken and a few added. Where do I want to be now? Where do I want to end up some time or at some point? I don't know. I know I would want to move up, towards a place or stage that is closer to what would make me happy. What is it that makes me happy, you'd ask. What I like doing now may change in a few years, but I do know that doing what I love as a job will be the half point of my journey. Somewhere, in a busy city, with my pen and paper, writing for a job that anxiously waits for my work. Maybe with a typewriter as well, the fantasy of following in the footsteps of a famous writer never dies.
What is the top? What makes the top the top? Each person has their own definition of interpretation of their final destination. The places one day they'll end up in. A different place to where they are now, or maybe similar with a few things taken and a few added. Where do I want to be now? Where do I want to end up some time or at some point? I don't know. I know I would want to move up, towards a place or stage that is closer to what would make me happy. What is it that makes me happy, you'd ask. What I like doing now may change in a few years, but I do know that doing what I love as a job will be the half point of my journey. Somewhere, in a busy city, with my pen and paper, writing for a job that anxiously waits for my work. Maybe with a typewriter as well, the fantasy of following in the footsteps of a famous writer never dies.
Climbing
I remember
Her little hands
Clutching the edge
Of her playpen;
Her toes as she tried
To climb
The mesh
That surrounded her.
I watched from far,
Caught her before
She fell over the edge.
I'm watching,
I watch myself from far.
Caught in the dark mesh of grief
That surrounds me
My hands holding on,
As I try to climb out.
I hope I can catch me,
If I fall.
Climbing / Rising
by Aisha Alkhater
Rising to success is like climbing a mountain. As the quote says, "no pain, no gain." To shine in your field, you must work hard and practice. And if you reach the peak, never stop and keep climbing. You never know what could happen next.
Rising to success is like climbing a mountain. As the quote says, "no pain, no gain." To shine in your field, you must work hard and practice. And if you reach the peak, never stop and keep climbing. You never know what could happen next.
Climbing / Rising
by Sara Al-Darwish
Climbing in life is like struggling for something that you want so badly, but you have to face problems and difficulties to reach your goal, as if someone wanted to climb a mountain. Mountains are full of rocks and not easy to climb. What you need to climb a mountain is tools, and that's what you'll need in life. "Tools" like a creative mind, a goal and trying hard to be a successful human in life. When a mountain climber reaches the top, that is what reaching a goal means, and every person who tries to climb and reaches the top will feel what a mountain climber felt.
Climbing in life is like struggling for something that you want so badly, but you have to face problems and difficulties to reach your goal, as if someone wanted to climb a mountain. Mountains are full of rocks and not easy to climb. What you need to climb a mountain is tools, and that's what you'll need in life. "Tools" like a creative mind, a goal and trying hard to be a successful human in life. When a mountain climber reaches the top, that is what reaching a goal means, and every person who tries to climb and reaches the top will feel what a mountain climber felt.
Climbing Rising
by Shaikha Al-Wadaani
I believe in psychology which brings me to how or when would people including myself tell that they are climbing a struggle or tough period of their lifetime. Since I was five years old, I knew that there is something that is waiting for me in the next few years, but I never thought that what is waiting for me could be bad. With the passage of time, my social life was fluctuating, and whenever i think that I made a good friend that will pull me from whatever I'm in, it turns out to be wrong. My family wasn't so sure what was happening to me, but they helped me feel that I'm loved. Until that day came in 2006 when I decided that I either make it or break through my life, and I went with the first option. I asked to move school and start a new life with a stronger personality. Seven years later, at the age of 16, I became the youngest CEO, and my life is nothing but success. That is what real climbing means to me. I didn't have a role model or a guide, but I figured it myself and thank God I started to climb and I'm still climbing.
I believe in psychology which brings me to how or when would people including myself tell that they are climbing a struggle or tough period of their lifetime. Since I was five years old, I knew that there is something that is waiting for me in the next few years, but I never thought that what is waiting for me could be bad. With the passage of time, my social life was fluctuating, and whenever i think that I made a good friend that will pull me from whatever I'm in, it turns out to be wrong. My family wasn't so sure what was happening to me, but they helped me feel that I'm loved. Until that day came in 2006 when I decided that I either make it or break through my life, and I went with the first option. I asked to move school and start a new life with a stronger personality. Seven years later, at the age of 16, I became the youngest CEO, and my life is nothing but success. That is what real climbing means to me. I didn't have a role model or a guide, but I figured it myself and thank God I started to climb and I'm still climbing.
sun in morning
the moon mercury hackles
an elevator
the second hand after passing six
after the alarm goes off
that feeling in my throat
fear and failure
ghosts and souls
a flight of stairs
a sleeping dog
someone knocked down
your voice at the end of a question
passion
an engine revving
vvvvvrrrrrrrRRRRROOOOMMM!
an elevator
the second hand after passing six
after the alarm goes off
that feeling in my throat
fear and failure
ghosts and souls
a flight of stairs
a sleeping dog
someone knocked down
your voice at the end of a question
passion
an engine revving
vvvvvrrrrrrrRRRRROOOOMMM!
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Writing Activity: Hay(na)ku
At this week's meeting, I taught club members how to write hay(na)ku poetry. I suppose it is a variation on haiku, if you know what that is. Hay(na)ku focuses on word count rather than syllables. Follow the links if you want to read more about those forms.
Basically, to write a hay(na)ku poem, you arrange six words in a tercet (a three-line stanza) by composing groups of one, two or three-word lines. We added a restriction to our process to use a word in each stanza from a list that we brainstormed (car, rock, TV, wall, paper, desk, petal) before getting started.
If that sounds confusing, maybe reading a few of our results will help you see what I am describing.
Basically, to write a hay(na)ku poem, you arrange six words in a tercet (a three-line stanza) by composing groups of one, two or three-word lines. We added a restriction to our process to use a word in each stanza from a list that we brainstormed (car, rock, TV, wall, paper, desk, petal) before getting started.
If that sounds confusing, maybe reading a few of our results will help you see what I am describing.
TV's Addicting
by Saif Al-Selaiti
TV's addicting
alot
though it sucks
essay due
tomorrow
head to desk
petals fall
she love me?
nope
paycheck
bought a car
cruising by
hit a wall
car's broke
damn...
car's fixed
installed a TV
hooray
I bought
a pet rock
boring
scotch
on the rocks
delicious
TV's addicting
alot
though it sucks
essay due
tomorrow
head to desk
petals fall
she love me?
nope
paycheck
bought a car
cruising by
hit a wall
car's broke
damn...
car's fixed
installed a TV
hooray
I bought
a pet rock
boring
scotch
on the rocks
delicious
The Red Car
by Aysha Alsaei
The red car
was my
favorite
I cleaned
the messy desk
yesterday
A fallen rock
hit
my head
a rock cracked
the TV
wall
papers
were my realm
my inner petals
And I was
drawn
within the petals
The red car
was my
favorite
I cleaned
the messy desk
yesterday
A fallen rock
hit
my head
a rock cracked
the TV
wall
papers
were my realm
my inner petals
And I was
drawn
within the petals
I Wish I
By AlAnoud AlMusleh
I wish I
had a
car.
I wouldn't let
children throw
rocks
I wouldn't need
a desk
in
my room.
Papers will stay
in
the car
I will put
a
Small TV in
my car.
I
would park it
beside the
wall.
I wish I
had a
car.
I wouldn't let
children throw
rocks
I wouldn't need
a desk
in
my room.
Papers will stay
in
the car
I will put
a
Small TV in
my car.
I
would park it
beside the
wall.
I Wanted
by Noora AlAdba
I wanted
to watch the
TV
Tonight,
a rock broke
it because
The rock flew
out of
my
Brother's hand,
into the wall
back
Through the TV
on the
desk
I wanted
to watch the
TV
Tonight,
a rock broke
it because
The rock flew
out of
my
Brother's hand,
into the wall
back
Through the TV
on the
desk
Looking
by Mariam Hussain
looking
at the wall
feeling empty.
*
papers all over
the place
lost.
*
a rock
in it way,
hurt.
*
my vision
gone
can't watch TV.
looking
at the wall
feeling empty.
*
papers all over
the place
lost.
*
a rock
in it way,
hurt.
*
my vision
gone
can't watch TV.
what wall
what wall
between us will
fall
neither
the TV
nor the computer
survives
this petal
search for meaning
no rock fell
God
saved one
who saved
paper
we call you
brother
or sister
or mother wall
all of us
writing
one petal
after one petal
on one
wall
after another
in the car
afterwards
between us will
fall
neither
the TV
nor the computer
survives
this petal
search for meaning
no rock fell
God
saved one
who saved
paper
we call you
brother
or sister
or mother wall
all of us
writing
one petal
after one petal
on one
wall
after another
in the car
afterwards
Petal Is
by Aisha Qassim Merckham
petal is
a part of
flower
blue
the wall coloured
with it
TV shows several
programmes
daily
a toy car
was on
desk
papers all over
the
table
petal is
a part of
flower
blue
the wall coloured
with it
TV shows several
programmes
daily
a toy car
was on
desk
papers all over
the
table
Being In TV
by Sara AlDarwish
being in TV the wall is
is wonderful black and
thing yellow
there are
papers on my
desk
i had a
golden i smelled
rock once like
red petals
i ate sandwich
in my
car
*
the blue car
stood outside
a house
on a black
and rough
rock
she was sleeping
being in TV the wall is
is wonderful black and
thing yellow
there are
papers on my
desk
i had a
golden i smelled
rock once like
red petals
i ate sandwich
in my
car
*
the blue car
stood outside
a house
on a black
and rough
rock
she was sleeping
The TV
by Shahad Abdulla Najar
The TV
showed my favourite
movie Your heart
is like a
My wall rock
is filled with
sticky notes My morning
wouldn't be the
My grandmother same without
smells like rose seeing my mom
petals
My desk
I got paper is my
notes all over getaway from
my desk reality.
The TV
showed my favourite
movie Your heart
is like a
My wall rock
is filled with
sticky notes My morning
wouldn't be the
My grandmother same without
smells like rose seeing my mom
petals
My desk
I got paper is my
notes all over getaway from
my desk reality.
Hypocrisy
by Khalid Omar
TV
Infront of us
Other places
Miracle
Rock blown away
By wind
Humans weird
Unbelievable Cars and drivers
Potential of humans Depending
Unlocked by desks
No privacy
Firewalls Hypocrisy
Piracy
Treasure and Legacy
Consider
Kind papers
Petal
Great smell
Pharmaceutical bitterness exists
TV
Infront of us
Other places
Miracle
Rock blown away
By wind
Humans weird
Unbelievable Cars and drivers
Potential of humans Depending
Unlocked by desks
No privacy
Firewalls Hypocrisy
Piracy
Treasure and Legacy
Consider
Kind papers
Petal
Great smell
Pharmaceutical bitterness exists
That Blue Wall
by Amna Al-Ansari
That blue wall
looks like
Sky
I stick
That large TV
There
The
Small desk
Is too messy
That blue wall
looks like
Sky
I stick
That large TV
There
The
Small desk
Is too messy
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Writing Activity: Acrostic
For our first meeting, we introduced ourselves, and then everyone tried to write an acrostic. According to Wikipedia, an acrostic is a "poem or other form of writing in which the first letter, syllable or word of each line, paragraph of other recurring feature in the text spells out a word or message." Take a look at some of our responses.
Wish
by Maytha Al-Malki
As I would say, We were kids who loved nothing
more than playing. I was the one who would play after hours.
I would sleep thinking about playing in the Sand. With all the people I spend my
days with Hand in hand.
As I would say, We were kids who loved nothing
more than playing. I was the one who would play after hours.
I would sleep thinking about playing in the Sand. With all the people I spend my
days with Hand in hand.
Khalid Omar
by Khalid Mohammed Omar
Kidding
Humorous
Asymmetrical
Loads
Ideas
Dreams
Obvious
Mind
Apparently
Rethinking
Kidding
Humorous
Asymmetrical
Loads
Ideas
Dreams
Obvious
Mind
Apparently
Rethinking
Delusion
by Ghalya Al-Mesallam
Devil
Escaping is needed
Lazy 24/7
Unusual
Spontaneous
Inspiration
Obsession
Neverland
Devil
Escaping is needed
Lazy 24/7
Unusual
Spontaneous
Inspiration
Obsession
Neverland
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Elixir of Life
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Take a look at the literary magazine, Elixir, published by the ABP Creative Writing Club at the end of the 2013 - 2014 school year. It captures the experiences of the students over the past year. If you want to see a copy, stop by either Ms. Asmaa's or Mr. Bob's offices.Last year's members decided to change the name of the magazine, and they settled on the Arabic-origin word elixir, which appears in both English and Arabic on the front cover. This was a more informed decision, and we will stick with it for future editions. Do you want to be a part of it?
Ms. Asmaa and I will be starting the 2014 - 2015 club soon, and we can't wait to start writing with you. Check us out in the English Room every Tuesday after school!
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